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Continu-- FULL P RO B E U R G E D ing, Mr. Lucas said that the Com-- . mission had not been issued yet, but td crret ns riientrcirphaalons he hoped it would be within a day or t d L as Sa two, when the Liberal Leader could BUt HeaI'S an uc y examine it in detail. "I think he wilj * * # lind that it is wide enough," said That lt W|" be Fa'r Mr,. Lucas, "to leave it to the Com-- missioner -- to investigate all that Enough ought to be investigated and that it scems proper to investigate in con-- M n aeane" nection with the various garges, Efforts of the Liberals to persuade ".'("'"'\'; ";"*I')'l']f-";"l'l~rtllall'l}«l(l)ltrl;:z'z«r "\'n'-:lu-'il';m']-:;::- the Government to provide and pay tained in the speech of my honorable counsel to represent the Opposition friend from Southwest Toronto." It s before the Royal Commission to in-- :vi:i':j':,(,,,! "l"(l't\"":":'*:l'f'ht'"l*"l'llllli-r the com-- nissio the «n quire into the Dewart ('}lill';'.,_'lfs Mr.-- Lucas ('NDIHI'HF"'"!.h(H.l it was against officials of the License a Tioyal Commission that was to in -- Board were bluntly refused by the ;';m\t'i;:'ut't': '-he'n";:.o"s rm:nlfl in general Prime Minister and the Attorney-- ;;{,:}fl:,':.&,'g ,):-H,(.i'.'\.tl:{:] ,,;1};;"11:)];:;}:;"i'r:"_ tieneral in the Legislature yesterday. volving to some extent the actions They similarly refused to accede to ';\'; '.}': ]'i'}'('";""] Board. Because ro f p Minister Td( Nee attack e« 're the request of Mr,. Wim. Proudfoot, was not the r:',sbglnsill'\'i'l(iri\' lt'}lll"':{ k.C., the Opposition Leader, backed member making charges to foflnw by Mr. H. H. Dewart, K.C., to have them up with a formal motion be-- the Royal Commissioner, Sir Wil-- fore the House, but the duty de--| liam Meredith, investigate not only volved upon the Government. The | the specific charges made by the Commissioner's instructions will be | member of Southwest Toronto, but "to go on and fully report upon all | also '"the enforcement of the Liquor the (~i1~(-1|171stuti('e:s in any way con--| hicense Act, and the enforcement of nected with the f;har.gr's. insinua-- | the Ontario Temperance Act, and all tions _3""' statements involving the matters relating to the ;}(lministl'u- :,']\tno:{er"(:\r;nnf}*)(?tzzfli\;'iu?n'dhp l?lr.:}n\or _(?f :zr)nflof "th(- "«).nt.aru) 'lemper_'ancn, ration 'of the License f)u "'rt11']nlvnt'l"', Act. Sir William Hearst told the The M LOriey crane "Du t aen ~ UOpposition that the (';pr.".]ment de-- * w(ml(i n(»'L be tfx(;Jm("lorl.fi(:lmis:ii:)d\;-:t ;n];dt to bel a.bsolulel_\;hxiaxrx)'i ):l:lt';(flooit duty to investigate th/n \'.'lxui;» (:7;:: elt it was doing so. Mr. C t s s id | thereupon urged that it accede to afions and. as to iwhether. o: not the request, so that the Opposition, h after the inquiry was completed, us J could say they had received an ab-- f solutely square deal. Speaking before the orders of the day were called, Mr. Proudfoot ask-- } ed whether the appointment of Sir William Meredith as a Commissioner would come before the House as a # motion for consideration; if counsel, who could call witnesses, would be 3 allowed and paid for to represent | the Opposition upon the hearing be-- | fore the Commission; if the scope of | the Commissioner's powers had been | more fully considered by the Gov-- | ernment; if _ the Commissioner's | powers included an investigation in-- | to the administration of the O. T. A | and the enforcement of the law and | ' matters arising out of or relating to I a the conduct of the Liquor Branch of | the department; and when the re-- | port of the License Commissioners | would be brought down. ' mSeeks Scope of Probe. ; Mr. Proudfoot explained that his| ebject in asking the questions was| to find out exactly the scope of the | C'ommission By what the Prime| Minister had said Mr. Proudfoot be--| lieved the Commission would cover ; practically all the things referred to | in the amendment -- introduced by | Mr. Dewart last week when making | * the charges. While he had no ob--| jection to the appointment of Mr. White, he felt that the best results would not be secured if all the evi-- dence of the Opposition had to filter|! through one official appointed by thei Government. He referred to the in--| & vestigation into the Gamey charges,| ® and pointed out that on that occa-; k sion counsel for the Opposition had | been appointed. ! '"So far as I am concerned we are anxious to see that the whole ques-! tion _ should be gone into," declared , the Liberal Leader vigorously. "Im-- portant charges have been made in reference to certain individuals ~_ who occupy very important positions in the administration of justice, but the charges are also against the working out of the department. We think that the act should be en-- forced, and if through want of care or for other reasons it has not been enforced in the manner it ought to